April and her sons, Matthew and Connor, have never known the freedoms that regular Americans enjoy every day. They live in a future time controlled by a man and mystical device that determines their fate on a daily basis. Their lives are planned out as simply as we...

Stepping aside eighteen years ago, Maevan’s mother had chosen exile rather than a war she could not win. Now, Mae is taken to live in the Summer Palace with the very woman who took everything away from her family. Like her mother and sisters, Maevan wants to regain the throne...

The Elderine Stone tells the tale of a normal boy who always had dreams of fantasy worlds, filled with magic, monsters, wizards, demons and heroes. Although they were only dreams, he always wished he could escape his life and make these fantasy worlds his reality. Of course realistically that could...

Jaded high school Junior and detention hall regular Larissa Locke has a recurring dream in which creatures sneak into her bedroom at night to perform experiments and extract her blood. Tiny scars on her arm suggest that perhaps she isn't just dreaming. But wait! If she's really the victim of...

In a world where class distinction means the difference between life and death, being on the Harvest List is the only way to guarantee survival for a young Producer. Only the finest examples of Producers are allowed to stay in the encampment and breed. The others are loaded onto carts...

Margaret May Reis knows how strange she is; people have been telling her for years. At sixteen years old, though, Maggie begins to realize that strangeness is only half the story. Maggie isn’t just strange – she’s a witch. Sent to live with a cousin she’s never met, in...

Balthazar “Balt” Tymlyn – a fourteen-year-old, scientific genius – has jury-rigged and programmed his touch-screen phone, enabling it to detect and represent thoughts from ordinary brain exhaust. Teaming with his friends, Michael Watson and Gina Cavalone, Balt hopes to use his amazing invention – The Mynd-Fynd Machine – to investigate...

Kendall's Secret is Christian fiction for teens. Kendall’s world revolves around her family, the church youth band, and an endless stream of text messages with her friends… until a tragic accident claims her sister’s life and leaves Kendall carrying a painful secret. Her mother, her friends, even the police...

"It's not that serious"…”You'll get over it" are common responses to the thoughts and feelings expressed by adolescents. Honestly, their thoughts and feelings are quite relevant. While these thoughts or feelings may change, they are still very real. This 80 page collection of poetry, Inside a Young Soul, is intended...

Sara is just another group home kid. She’s given up on being part of a family and has planned out her life as a child of the system. Then she wakes on her fifteenth birthday, with ruby red streaks through her now midnight black hair and strange powers she...

She wanted her life to change ... he wanted his to stay the same. Seventeen-year-old Ashlyn Lanski is tired of her boring, single life. Swimming and spending time with Tatiana, her best friend, are her only sanctuary. The girls plan to leave their drab lakeside town far behind for...

Young Jonathan Clyde causes mischief for everyone at Whitehall, the stately home of his privileged ancestors. As he matures, however, he comes to despise the vanity and conceit surrounding him. Misfortune requires Lydia Smythe, an exceptionally clever farmer’s daughter, to seek employment at Whitehall. As a parlor maid,...

A very heart-warming and delightful coming of age story and a coming of age of women in sports. “Risk: The Wings of Sisterhood” is a moving story about two girls who stand on opposite sides of the personality spectrum and yet found a way to become true...

‘If Cinderella carried a gun and was just as set on murder, as she was on finding her happy-ever-after…’ Seventeen year old Talia is struggling to earn a living as a seamstress, surviving in the infamous Camps of war torn Arista. When her soldier fiancé Kellar suggests...

Paper in the Wind is a compassionate and riveting story depicting a single father’s dedication to his daughter. In the midst of the overwhelming struggles that accompanied autism, he continues to persevere. Her father’s love enabled her to overcome insurmountable obstacles, discovered the power of love and embraced the gift...

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